Measuring Internet Poverty, Weed-Out Courses for STEM Majors, and More

July 28, 2021

An estimated 4.5 billion people are connected to the internet, but there are still around 1.1 billion people that cannot afford a basic package of connectivity. A new analysis from World Data Lab sheds light on “internet poverty” and offers recommendations to address the issue.

“The way that many universities structure introductory STEM courses works against the very goals of equity that they enunciate. If we want to have a more diverse and equitable STEM workforce, we have to start at the beginning: the experience that students have in their introduction to the discipline,” writes Marissa Thompson.

What does an endangered species in the Gulf of California have to do with the U.S.-Mexico security relationship? Kristin Nowell and Vanda Felbab-Brown explain the dynamics, arguing that the responsibility for fighting cartels’ economic power is not Mexico’s alone.

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